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April 11, 1939. g, con 2,153,881

REGISTER Filed Sept. 5, 1936 4 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Graver C (or BY Y I ATTORNEY April 11, 1939. c 2,153,881

REGISTER Filed Sept. 5, 1936 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 S HOE a DATE CLK nlv AMOUNT No NW 30 A I 5 7.00 DU. 9757 INVENTOR G rover C. C 016 BY ATIORNEY G. C. COIL April 11, 1939.

REGI STER Filed Sept. 5, 1936 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR Grover C Coz'fl ATTOiQNEY A ril 11, 1939. 'G, c. COIL 2,153,881

REGISTER Filed Sept. 5, 1936 4 Shets-Sheet 4 I INVENTOR Grover C Coz'Z BY ATTORN EY Patented Apr. 11, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFEQE REGISTER Application September 5, 1936, Serial No. 99,568

36 Claims.

Means have heretofore been proposed to print and issue one or more tickets by as many operations of the machine or register as there are tickets to be issued. In such machines, the main operating shaft would make as many revolutions as there are tickets to be issued. In the present invention I have provided mechanism whereby either one or two tickets may be printed and issued with only one revolution of the main operating or drive shaft. I have also provided mechanism acting in conjunction with the certifying mechanism shown in the application of William G. Orth, Serial No. 59,108, filed January 14, 1936, whereby a certifying mechanism may be rendered operative or inoperative. The present invention may be considered as an improvement on the structure shown in the said application.

I have provided interlocks to prevent the certifying shutter being raised or to prevent the movement of the duplicate ticket control lever after the machine starts operating. In other words, after the machine starts operating it is impossible to operate the certifying shutter and it is likewise impossible to move the duplicate ticket control lever from the position which it normally occupies (that is, to issue one ticket) into the position in which it would issue two tickets.

If the duplicate ticket control lever is set so as to issue two tickets and the certifying shutter is raised, the duplicate ticket control lever is automatically thrown back into the position it would occupy to issue a single ticket.

Another object of the invention is to provide mechanism whereby when the certifying shutter is lifted the duplicate ticket control lever is antomaticaly locked in its one-ticket position.

Another object of the invention is to provide mechanism so that when the certifying shutter is in its raised position and the machine is operated one, two, or three impressions will be made on the strip to be certified and one impression will be made on the record, but no ticket will be printed or issued. In this case, I have provided mechanism to print on the record the mark S, designating certification. Of course, any other arbitrary sign may be employed instead of the letter S.

Another object of the invention is to provide mechanism so that when the duplicate ticket control lever is in its one-ticket position one ticket will be printed and issued and one impression will be made on the record strip but the certification mechanism is rendered inoperative;

Another object of the invention is to provide mechanism so that when the duplicate ticket control lever is in its two-ticket position the machine will print and issue two tickets with the character DU, designating duplicate on the first ticket and the same variable data will 5 be printed on the second ticket except that the DU designating duplicate will not appear on the second ticket and in this case the certification mechanism will be rendered inoperative. When the duplicate ticket control lever is in its 10 two-ticket position only one impression will be made on the record, which record will contain the character U. In other words, when the machine is operated with the duplicate ticket control lever in its two-ticket position the vari- 16 able data, including DU, will be printed on the first ticket and on the record, after which the character DU will be moved out of printing alignment and the second ticket will then be printed, but there is no impression on the rec 20 0rd during the printing of the second ticket.

Another object of the invention is to provide mechanism so that when the duplicate ticket control lever is in its two-ticket position and the machine is operated the duplicate ticket con- 25 trol lever will be automatically returned to its one-ticket position before the second ticket has been printed.

Another object of the invention is to provide mechanism so that when the certification slip 3 is inserted the certifying shutter is locked against being depressed against the inserted slip to prevent the certification slip being torn. In structures heretofore provided considerable trouble has been experienced because of the fact that 35 the shutter would tear the inserted slip. I have provided locking mechanism to eliminate the above objection.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the detail specification and claims 40 which follow.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a side elevational view, a part of the casing being broken away, of the machine taken from the operating side. By operating side, I 45 mean the side or end of the register at which the power is applied to operate the machine.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of the duplicate ticket control lever taken from the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an elevational view, partly in cross section, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 4 is a detail elevational view of the holding mechanism for the duplicate ticket control lever shown in the upper left hand part of Fig. 1. 55

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the tickets issued, it being the first ticket issued on a duplicate ticket issuing operation.

Fig. 6 is a front elevational view of the certifying shutter and connected mechanism.

Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view taken on the line l-'l of Fig. 6 and looking towards the left.

Fig. 8 is a detailed view of the certifying shutter locking mechanism shown in the lower lefthand part of Fig. 6, and

Fig. 9 is a detail of the electroplate and feed roll operating mechanism as shown on the righthand side of Fig. 1.

In all of the said views the casing of the register has been eliminated for the sake of clearness, it of course being understood that a suitable casing is provided.

Referring to the drawings, side walls 1, 2, 3, and 4 are provided, all of which are supported by a base plate 5. Ordinarily the machine will be driven by a motor but it may be operated by a hand crank and for simplicity I have shown a crank 6 provided with an operating handle 1. The crank 6 is secured to a shaft 8 on which is secured a pinion 9 and a gear ID, the pinion 9 having one-half as many teeth as the gear It]. The gear l0 meshes with and drives a gear H secured to a shaft 12, the said gears 10 and H having the same number of teeth. Secured to the shaft I2 is a Geneva gear 13, as shown in Patent 1,966,078, which operates a Geneva pinion I4 as shown in the said patent, the gear 13 being out of line with the pinion 9 so that it does not mesh therewith. The pinion I4 is mounted on a stud 15 carried by the side wall I. The pinion M meshes with and drives a pinion I1 rotatably mounted on a shaft I8 on which is mounted an electroplate I 9. Fixed to the shaft I8 is a disk having a radial slot 21. Secured to the disk 20 and the shaft I 8 is a pinion 23 having the same number of teeth as the pinion l1. When the pinion 22, as shown in Fig. 1, is brought into mesh with the loose pinion l! and the pinion 23 which is secured to the shaft I8, the rotation of the pinion l1 will be communicated to the pinion 23 through the broad pinion 22 which meshes with both of the said pinions and the shaft 18 and electroplate IE will thereby be rotated. Secured to the shaft I8 is a pinion 24 which meshes with and drives a pinion 25 fixed on the shaft 26, to which shaft the feed roller I6 is secured.

The gearing is such that when the handle 1 is rotated two complete revolutions the Geneva gear i3 will be rotated twice. If the broad pinion 22 is in mesh with the pinions i1 and 23 the electroplate and feed roller will be rotated twice. As will be hereinafter described, the pinion 22 is brought into mesh with the pinion I1 and the fast pinion 23 as soon as the machine starts operating if two tickets are to be issued so that the electroplate and feed roller will be given two revolutions. If only one ticket is to be issued, however, I will describe mechanism whereby the broad pinion 22 occupies the position shown in Fig. 1 until after the first revolution of the gear 13, at which time the broad pinion 22 will be engaged with the loose pinion I? and the fast pinion 23 so that the electroplate and feed roller will be operated once. I will also describe mechanism whereby when the certifying shutter is raised the pinion 22 will not be engaged with the loose pinion l1 and fast pinion 23 and, therefore, the electroplate and feed roller will not be operated at all, so that no ticket will be issued.

The pinion 9 meshes with and drives a gear 21,

having twice as many teeth as the pinion 9, which pinion 21 is fast to the main drive shaft 28, to which is also secured a disk 29 having a radial slot 30 and a pinion 3| having one-half as many teeth as the gear 27. The pinion 3| meshes with and drives a pinion 32 having a pin 33 secured thereto, the gearing being such that the pinion 32 is given one revolution for each two revolutions of the crank 6. The gear 21 meshes with and drives a pinion 34 which meshes with and drives a gear 35, the gearing being such that the gear 35 is given one revolution for each two revolutions of the crank 6. The gear 35 is secured to a shaft 36, to which is secured a cam disk 31 of the shape shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1; that is, it has an outer arcuate surface 38, an abrupt wall 39 extending substantially radially, a cam surface 48, an arcuate surface 4| having a less radius than the arcuate surface 38, and a cam surface 42.

The direction of rotation of the main gears and pinions mentioned above is as follows: The crank 6, pinion 9, and gear 10 are rotated clockwise, causing an anti-clockwise rotation of the pinion 3|, pinion 2?, gear H, and Geneva gear 13, causing a clockwise rotation of the pinion 34 and pinion l4, causing an anti-clockwise rotation of gear 35 and pinion l1. It also appears that when the crank 5 is given two rotations the main drive shaft 28 is rotated only once, the pinion 32 is rotated once, the pinion I! is rotated twice, and the gear 35 is rotated only once.

As heretofore mentioned, when the crank 6 is rotated clockwise two revolutions the gear It will rotate the shaft l2 and the gear 13 through two revolutions in an anti-clockwise direction. Secured to the shaft I2 and gear H is a disk 43 which carries a wrist pin 44 on which wrist pin is mounted a pitman 45 which at its other end is secured to a pin 46 mounted in an oscillating printing carrier 41. As shown in Patent 1,858,813 there are two side plates to the oscillating printing carrier, both of which are mounted on a support 48. Both of these plates are provided with slots 49 and 5B which receive shafts 5i and 52 respectively on which are mounted platens 53 and 54 respectively. Trained over the platen 54 is a strip of ticket paper 55 which passes from a ticket supply roll not shown over the platen 54 and thence between the electroplate l9 and feed roller l5 so that the platen 54 can be considered as the ticket platen. A strip of record paper 56 passes from a supply roller over the platen 53 to a record take up roller as shown in Patent 1,858,813. An ink roller 51 is mounted on a shaft 58 carried by the side walls of the oscillating printing carrier. Mounted on the shaft 59, above the printing carrier 41, are a plurality of type wheels 6!, each of which is provided with an actuating pinion 60, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6. The parts are normally in the position shown in Fig. 1. When the crank 5 is rotated in a clockwise direction two revolutions the disk 43 will rotate anti-clockwise two revolutions so as to bring the ink roller 57 into engagement with the type wheels GI and if the shaft 52 is in the upper part of the slot 50 the platen 54 will make a printed impression on the ticket strip and thereafter the type wheels will be again inked. But the ink roller and the record strip will be brought into engagement with the type wheels provided the shaft 5| is at the upper end of the slot 49 and this would be repeated a second time upon the second revolution of the disk 43 if the said shafts remained at the upper end of the slots. On a certifying operation,

I have provided mechanism hereinafter to be described so that the record platen. causes an impression to be made only once while the ticket platen remains in its lower position and makes no printed impression during the entire time that the disk 43 makes its two revolutions.

A duplicate control lever 62, shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, is pivoted on a shaft 63. This lever 52 is bent outwardly and then inwardly forming an elbow 64 which receives a fixed plate 65. The lever 62 carries a pin 65 on which is pivoted a lever 6'! having an inwardly extending release arm 88. The downward movement of this release arm is limited by an underlying flange 69 carried by the lever 62'. Pivoted to the frame of the machine on a pin 10 is a lever 'II having an upstanding arm 12 provided with a shoulder 13. The lever l! is also provided with an arm 14 terminating in a surface I5 below a pin 16 carried by an arm H, which arm is pivoted on the shaft 63 and at its upper end is provided with an overturned flange 18 secured to an arm 19, which as shown in Fig. 6 is bent downwardly and is secured to a segmental gear which meshes with and seats one of the pinions 60 integral with one of the type wheels 6| on which is a printing character 63, being as shown simply the letter S signifying certification. The parts are so constructed that when we are certifying theletter S will be in printing position to print on the record strip. It would, of course, also print on the ticket except that no ticket is printed when are certifying.

A lever BI is pivoted on a stud 82. This lever is normally urged counter-clockwise by means of a spring 33. The lower end of the lever is normally seated in the notch between the abrupt wall 39 and the cam surface 40 of the disk 31. This lever S i carries pins 84 and 85 and at its extreme upper end is provided with a presser foot 86. The pin 85 overlies the arm I4. The pin 84 normally rests on a cam surface 81 of a lever 88 pivoted on a stud #39. At the other end of the lever 81 is a locking shoulder 90 which under certain conditions engages the over-turned flange 9| of the lever 62;

The lever 62 is in its down position as shown in Fig. 1 when one ticket is to be issued or when certifying is being done, but when we wish to issure two tickets we raise the lever 62 so that the part 65 thereof engages the shoulder 13 of the arm i2, thereby holding the lever 62 in its raised or two-ticket position. If the machine is operated when the lever 62 is in its two-ticket posi "ion the pin 85 on the lever 8| will engage the cam surface 92 on the arm 14 when the cam surface 52 of the disk 31 reaches the lower end of the iever SI, thereby shifting the arms 14 and 1'2 in a clockwise direction so as to disengage the shoulder '53 from the lever 62, in which case the lever 52 is dropped or returned to the position shown in Fig. 1 by means of the spring 93. If the lever 52 is in its one-ticket position as shown in Fig. 1 and the machine is operated, the cam surface 40 will move the lever 8| to a slight extent in a clockwise direction, removing the pin 84 from the cam surface 81 of the lever 88 and the spring 94 connected to a downward extension 95 of the lever 88 so as to bring the shoulder 90 into engagement with the flange 95 on the lever 92. It, therefore, appears that as soon as the machine starts operating it would be impossible to move the lever 62 from its one-ticket position as shown in Fig. 1 into its upper or two-ticket position.

The lever 62 is provided with an upstanding substantially arcuate arm 96 so as to conform with the general contour of the casing of the machine, which arm carries a pin 91 which engages a slot 98 in a link 99, which link at its other end carries a pin I00 which connects the said link to a lever IOI, which lever is pivoted on a pin I02. A spring lIlI urges the lever IOI counter-clockwise. The said lever IN is provided with an L- shaped slot I03 which receives a pin I04 carried by a lever I05 pivoted on a stud I06. The lever I65 has a downwardly extending arm I0! termimating in a projection I09 which normally lies in the radially extending slot 2I, thereby normally locking the shaft I8 against rotation so that no ticket could be issued. Under such conditions the pin I04 lies at the lower end of the L-shaped slot I03. The lever I05 is also provided with an arm I09 which carries a stud IIB on which the wide pinion 22 is mounted. I have provided an aligning pawl III to maintain the pinion 22 in proper position so that its teeth will be readily received by the pinions I1 and 23. It is obvious from inspecting Fig. 1 that as long as the projection I08 is holding the disk 20 and shaft I8 from rotation the pinion 22 cannot be brought into mesh with the pinions I! and 23. However, if the duplicate control lever 62 were raised to its two-ticket position its pin 9'7 would move the link 99 to the left as viewed in Fig. 3, or to the right as viewed in Fig. l, and the lower portion of the L-shaped slot Hi3 would shift the projection I08 out of engagement with the radial slot 2I and would bring the broad pinion 22 into mesh with the pinions I! and 23 so that if the machine were now operated the eiectroplate and feed roller would be rotated twice, thereby issuing two tickets.

A lever H2 is pivoted on the pin I02 and is provided with an arm II3 to which is attached a spring IN. This lever H2 is provided with an upstanding wall H5, a cam surface II 6, and a slot Ill. When we are not certifying the flange 18 connected to the certifying or non-certifying arm 19 overlies the portion of the lever II2 between the wall II5 and the cam surface II6. When we move the parts so as to certify, the flange 78 is moved to the left as viewed in Fig. 1 so that the flange 10 will be a little to the left of the cam surface H6 and the lever II2 will be moved upwardly by the spring IM. If the parts are again moved from the certifying to the noncertifying position, the flange I8 moves to the right as viewed in Fig. l engaging the cam surface II6 and rotating the lever H2 in a counterclockwise direction, thereby moving the slot II'l downwardly. Extending within the slot II! is a pin I68 carried by a lever H9, which lever is pivoted on a pin I20 carried by the lever I 0|. This lever I i 9 is provided with a downwardly extending shoulder I2I and an upwardly extending projection I22. When the duplicate control lever 62 is in its lower position and, therefore, in position to issue one ticket the projection I22 lies below and slightly to the left as viewed in Fig. l of a fixed pin I23. If now the machine is operated the cam surface 40 moves the presser foot 86 of the lever 8| almost into contact with the shoulder I2I of the lever N9, the broad pinion 22 being out of engagement with the pinions I7 and 23. However, when the shaft 36 has been rotated so as to bring the cam surface 42 into engagement with the lower end of the lever 0!, the lever BI is rotated clockwise so that the presser foot 89 engages the shoulder I2! of the lever II9, thereby rotating the lever I09 clockwise as viewed in Fig. 1 and moving the broad pinion 22 into engagement with the pinions I1 and 23 while disengaging the projection I08 from the radial slot 2I. This occurs at approximately the time that the crank 6 has completed its first rotatic-n so that during the first rotation of the crank 6 the shafts I8 and 26 have not been rotated and no ticket has been issued, but during the second rotation of the crank 6 the shafts I8 and 26 are given one complete revolution so as to issue a ticket. As heretofore mentioned, when the lever is elevated to its two-ticket position the broad pinion 22 will be moved into mesh with the pinions i? and 23 so that the shafts I8 and 26 will be given two revolutions when the machine is operated. When the lever 62 is in its upper or two-ticket position and the lever IOI has, therefore, been rotated clockwise as viewed in Fig. 1 by the movement of the lever 62 to its two-ticket position, the lever H9 is moved to the right as viewed in Fig. 1 so that the projection I22 lies beneath the fixed pin I23. But the lever I I 2 has not been disturbed by this movement by reason of the pin and slot connection between the levers H2 and IE9.

As will hereinafter be described, if the certifying shutter has been raised so as to permit the insertion of a certifying slip, the flange I8 will have moved to the left as viewed in Fig. 1 over the cam surface H6 so that the spring H4 will rotate the er 5 42 in a clockwise direction and through the pin and slot connection II! and I I8 the lever I I9 will be raised so that the projection I22 will lie to the left of the fixed pin I23, thereby preventing the movement of the projection I22 to the right as viewed in Fig. 1 and thereby locking the lever 62 in its lower or one-ticket position,

Referring to Figs. 6, '1, and 8, the mechanism which I have provided is an improvement on that shown in application Serial No. 59,108, hereinbefore mentioned. In that application there was shown a table 4 on which a certifying slip might be placed and there was also shown printing mechanism for the strip to be certified whereby one or a plurality of printed impressions might be made on the printed slip. In the said application there was a handle 26 whereby a shutter might be raised so as to permit the insertion of the slip. Instead of this mechanism I have provided a lifting handle I24 projecting through the casing of the machine, which lever is pivoted on a shaft l25. When this lever is in its down position the certifying shutter does not permit of the insertion of a slip, but when the lever I24 is raised it does permit the insertion of a slip. The lifting handle is normally in the position shown in Fig. 7 but when lifted it engages a pin I26 to which is secured a spring I21. The pin I26 is carried by a lever I28 provided with an L-shaped cam slot i29. The lever I28 is pivoted on the shaft I25. Received within the slot I29 is a roller I36 carried by a pin I3I carried by a lever 132, which lever I32 is secured to a shaft I33. The shaft in. is the shaft to operate the clutch mechanism shown for the certifying printing mechanism in the said application 59,108, which forms no part of the present invention. The lever I32 carries a pin E34 to which is attached a link I35 which is pivoted at its other end to a stud I36, which stud is carried by a crank arm I31 secured to the shaft I25 so that when the lifting handle I24 is lifted the lever 28 is rotated clockwise as viewed in Fig. '7 and the cam slot I29 moves the lever 32 in a counter-clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 7, thereby moving the link I35 to the left as viewed in said figure and rotating the crank arm I3? and the shaft I25 to which it is fixed in a clockwise direction. The reason that the lever I28 is not directly connected to the shaft I25 is because the movement of the lever I28 would rotate the shaft I25 too much and I have, therefore, employed the link mechanism I35 and crank arm i3l, the pin I34 being so positioned as to rotate the shaft I25 the proper amount. When the lifting handle I24 is lifted the shaft I25 is rotated clockwise.

Carried by the lever I28 is a pin I38 which is received within a slot I39 in an arm I40 carried by the shutter I4i so that when the said lifting handle I24 is raised and shutter MI is raised and when the lifting handle I24 is in its lower position as shown in Fig. 7 the shutter MI is in its lower position so as to cover the slip receiving slot and thereby prevent the insertion of a slip to be certified. When the handle I24 is raised the shutter MI is raised from the position shown in Fig. 6 to a position slightly above that shown in Fig. 8, so that the certifying strip I42 can be inserted beneath the shutter I4I and above the table I43. The shutter l iI is provided with guide slots :44 which receive guide screws I45. It is also provided with an outstanding lug I46 and a pin I47 which is received within a slot I48 in a link I49. The link I49 is pivoted to a lever I55 by means of a pin I5I. The lever I56 is pivoted on a stud I56 and has an upper surface I52 and a slip contacting arm I53. When the shutter is in its down position as shown in Fig. 6 it is, of course, impossible to insert the slip I42 for its entrance is prohibited by the slip contacting arm 53 and also by the shutter I4I. When, however, the lifting handle I24 is raised the pin I41 travels to the upper end of the slot I48 and pulls upwardly on the pin I5I, thereby depressing the slip contacting arm I53 so that now the slip I42 may be inserted. When the operator drops the arm I24 the shutter I4I moves downwardly contacting the slip E42 which presses downwardly on the slip contacting arm i53 moving the lever I55 in a counter-clockwise direction as viewed in Figs. 6 and 8 so as to bring the upper surface I52 of the lever E55 beneath the lug I46, thereby stopping the downward movement of the shutter MI and preventing the said shutter from continuing its downward movement and possibly tearing or damaging the inserted slip. A spring I54 normally holds the lever I56 in the position shown in Fig. 6 and tends to rotate the same in a clockwise direction, but its pressure is so small as to eliminate any hazard of the inserted slip being damaged. When the inserted slip is removed the spring I54, however, would move the lever I50 so as to disengage its upper surface I52 from the lug I46 and the, shutter would again fall and the slip contacting arm 953 would again resume the position shown in Fig. 6.

As before mentioned, when the lifting handle I24 is raised the shaft I25 is rotated for a given distance in a clockwise direction. This shaft I25 passes through the walls I and 2 and on the right-hand side of the side wall I as viewed in Fig. 6 it carries a crank arm I55 (Figs. 6 and l) As viewed in Fig. 1 when the shutter is being raised the crank arm I55 is being rotated in a clockwise direction so that the pin I56 carried by the crank arm I55 is lowered. The pin I56 is in its upper position when the shutter is down and is in its down position when the shutter is up. When the shutter is being raised and the pin I56 is being moved downwardly it pulls downwardly the link i5: pivoted on the said pin I56. The upper end of the link I5I is provided with a pin I 58 secured to the lever 11, which, it will be remembered, controls the certifying character S on the type wheel 6|. The net result is that when the shutter is in its raised position the character S is in printing position, but when the shutter is down so as not to be certifying the character S is in non-printing position.

If the lever 62 were in its two-ticket position or in its raised position and we now elevated the shutter so that we could certify, the downward movement of the link I51 would rotate the arm 11 in a counter-clockwise direction so that its pin 16 would engage the surface 15 of the arm 14, thereby rotating the shoulder 13 out of engagement with the lever 62 and the spring 93 would cause the said lever 62 to be dropped to its single ticket position, which is the position it normally occupies.

The pin I56 also supports a link I59 which at its lower end is provided with a pin I60, which pin is also carried by a lever I6l pivoted on a stud I62. The lever I6I carries an outstanding lug I63 which extends through the slot I64 in the plate I of the machine. When the shutter is in its upper position adapted to receive an inserted slip the lug I63 is at the bottom of the said slot Hit or in the position in which no ticket should be issued. When the shutter is down so that a slip cannot be certified the lug I63 is at the upper end of the slot I64 so that a ticket will be issued.

Pivoted on the support 48 of the oscillating printing carrier is a lever I65 having a cam surface I66 and a depending control arm I61. When the oscillating printing carrier is oscillated and the lug I63 is at the bottom of the slot I66,

that is, in position in which certifying will be done, the control arm I61 passes above the lug I63 and the shaft 52 lies at the bottom of the slot 56 so that the platen 54 will be in its lower position and would, therefore, not bring the ticket paper into engagement with the printing characters so that no ticket whatsoever is printed when the certifying shutter is raised. When the certifying shutter, however, is down and the lug I63 is at the upper end of the slot I64 as viewed in Fig. 3, and if the machine is now operated so as to oscillate the printing carrier, the spring I68 secured to the lever I65 and the printing carrier will hold the lever I65 in engagement with the stop pin I69 and the lever I65 will move with the printing carrier until the control arm I61 engages the lug I63 and upon the continued motion of the printing carrier the cam surface I66 will raise the ticket platen so that its shaft will be at the upper end of the slot 50 and in a position to cause printing to be done on the ticket strip. If the lever 62 is in its one-ticket position the oscillating carrier would still make two back and forth motions, but as heretofore described the ticket would not be fed. However, the ticket strip would be on both cycles of the printing carrier brought into engagement with the printing type so that we would have two printed impressions on the ticket but as there has been no movement of the ticket because the feeding mechanism of the electroplate and feed rollers is inoperative, the two impressions would be on the same line and there is no disadvantage in having the two impressions made on the ticket for when the ticket was finally issued we would see only one impression, the two impressions coinciding. If, however, we are to issue two tickets, by moving the lever 62 to its upper position the ticket paper would be fed as heretofore described between the two impressions and we would have two tickets.

It is desirable to always print on the record, however, one time regardless of whether one ticket is issued or two tickets are issued or the certifying mechanism is operated. It will be remembered that the pinion 32 rotates clockwise one revolution for a complete operation of the machine, that is, for each two revolutions of the crank 6, and that this pinion 32 carries a pin 33 which is normally in the position shown in Fig. 1. Regardless of whether the lever 62 is in its oneor two-ticket position and regardless of whether the certifying shutter is in its up or down position, the pin 33 will contact the lower end of a lever I16 pivoted on the support 48, which lever at its upper end carries a cam surface I1 I. When the pin 33 strikes the lever I it will rotate the said lever in a counter-clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 1 so that the cam surface I1I will elevate the record platen so as to cause one printed impression to be made on the record paper when the printing carrier is oscillated, but since the pinion 32 makes only one revolution this printed impression is made only once on the record. The pin 33 is so positioned that the printed impression will be made on the record on the first cycle of the printing carrier regardless of the position of the lever 62 or of the certifying shutter.

Secured to the arm 96 of the lever 62 is an arm I12 which is secured to an arcuate rack I13 which meshes with and drives a pinion I14 connected to a type wheel I15 on which appears the character DU representing duplicate. When the lever 62 is in its two-ticket position the printing character DU will be in printing position and in alignment with the other type wheels but when the lever 62 is in its one-ticket position the printing character DU will be out of printing position. It will be remembered that if the lever 62 is moved to its two-ticket position and the machine is operated, the character DU will be in printing position and will, therefore, print on both the ticket and the record but that when the first ticket has been printed the pin 85 will engage the cam surface 92 and move the shoulder 13 out of holding engagement with the lever 62 so that the said lever 62 will be dropped, thereby moving the printing character DU out of printing alignment. The net result is that when the lever 62 is moved to its two-ticket position the character DU is printed on the first ticket and on the record but is not printed on the second ticket and there is no impression made on the record during the second operation.

By the above structure I have provided means to accomplish all of the aforesaid objects.

When the shutter is raised so as to receive an inserted slip it is impossible to raise the lever 62 because the projection I22 engages the fixed pin I23. However, the shutter can be raised when the lever 62 is in its two-ticket position, but this releases the lever 62 and it is returned to its one-ticket position.

Secured to the arm 11 is a plate I16 provided with two V-shaped notches I11. A slide bar I18 is provided at its upper end with a nose I19 adapted to be seated in either of the said notches. The slide bar is provided with conventional pin and slot connections so that it can move only upwardly or downwardly but a spring I80 tends to pull the slide bar upwardly so as to seat its nose in one or the other of said notches. The lower end of the slide bar is provided with a prong I81 adapted to be seated within the radial slot 30 of the disk 29 when the said slide bar is in its lower position. The object of this structure is to lock the machine against operation unless the certification shutter has been completely raised or completely lowered, thereby shifting the plate I16 so that the nose I19 can be seated inone or the other of its notches. The prong I8! rests immediately above the periphery of the disk 29 when the machine is being operated. This prevents the depression of the slide bar I18 and, therefore, prevents operation of the certification shutter While the machine is being operated. In other words, the operator must either raise or lower the certification shutter or have the same positioned in one or the other of its two positions in order to operate the machine at all and he cannot change the position of the shutter after the machine has started operation.

I have provided a pin I82 in a slot in the said slide bar I78, which pin controls the locking mechanism for all of the type wheels, as fully shown and described in Patent 1,858,813.

In the operation of the register one complete operation of the operating device, including two rotations of the crank 6 and one rotation of the main shaft 28, will impart two movements to the platen carrier 4'! and one or two tickets will be printed and issued according to the position of the control lever 62, provided the shutter is in its closed position. When the control lever 62 is in its lower or one ticket position, with the parts in the positions shown in Fig. 1, the two rotations of the crank 6 will cause the gear 35 and cam 31 to make one complete rotation. During the first part of this rotation the cam will impart initial movement to the lever 8| thereby moving the pin 84 out of engagement with the cam surface on the locking lever 88 and permitting that lever to be moved by the spring 94 into locking engagement with the flange 9| on the control lever, thereby locking the latter in its lower position. During this initial movement of the cam the printing mechanism will be operated to make an impression on both the ticket strip and the record strip. Upon the continued rotation of the cam the cam surface 42 will impart further movement to the lever 8| causing the nose 86 thereof to engage the shoulder I2I on the lever H9, thereby causing that lever to rock the lever IOI about its axis so that the pin I04, which lies in the vertical portion of the slot I03, will be actuated to swing the lever I about its axis and thus move the broad pinion 22 into mesh with the pinions I7 and 23, thereby conmeeting the ticket feeding mechanism with the operating mechanism. The arcuate portion 38 of the cam will retain the pinion in operative position until the cam has completed its rotation, thus causing the ticket material to be fed from the machine. Just before the cam completes its movement the shoulder 39 thereof will move past the end of the lever BI and the latter will be returned to its normal position by the spring 83, the pin 84 striking the cam surface on the locking lever 88 and returning the same to its unlocking position. The printing mechanism will operate a second time just before the feeding movement of the ticket strip begins but inasmuch as the feeding mechanism has not operated the impression thus made will be superposed on the impression made by the first operation of the printing mechanism and the ticket and record strip will each carry a single impression.

When the control lever is moved to its upper or two ticket position the link 99 (Fig. 3) will rock the levers II and I05 to move the pinion 22 into operative engagement with the pinions I1 and 23 so that the feeding rollers will make two rotations, with a dwell between rotations, for each rotation of the operating shaft 28 and cam 31 and the printing mechanism will op erate prior to each feeding movement of the rollers to print an impression on each ticket issued, but a single impression only will be printed on the record strip, due to the control of the platen 53 by lever I'ID. When the control lever is moved to its upper position it is automatically locked in that position by the locking lever II and when the cam surface 42 of the cam 31 engages the lever 8| the pin 85 will be caused to engage the cam surface 92 of the locking lever I! and rock the latter to release the control lever for movement to its lower position by the spring 93. However, the nose 86 of the lever 8I will have been moved into engagement with or close to, the shoulder I2I on the lever H9 and will be held in that position by the arcuate surface 38 of the cam until the cam has practically completed its rotation, thus retaining the pinion 22 in its operative position. The pin and slot connection, Elk-98, between the arm 96 of the control lever and the link 99 permits the control lever to have reverse movement without imparting movement to the lever IIH. When the shoulder 39 of the cam 31 clears the lever 8I the latter will be retracted and the spring IDI will actuate the lever IIII to move the pinion 22 to its inoperative position.

When the shutter is elevated to permit the insertion of a slip to be certified the lever TI will be moved to the left, in Fig. l, to carry the flange I8 thereof beyond the cam surface H6 of the lever H2, and the spring H4 will actuate that lever and the lever H9 to move the projection I22 of the lever H9 into line with the fixed pin I23, and to move the shoulder I2I out of line with the lever 8|, thereby locking the lever IUI and consequently the control lever against movement and retaining the pinion 22 in its inoperative position, so long as the shutter is raised. When the shutter is lowered the lever 'I! will be moved in the other direction to cause the flange I8 thereof to act on the cam surface H6 of the lever H2 and thus move the projection I22 out of line with the pin I23. If the shutter should be raised while the control lever is in its upper position the first mentioned movement of the lever 11 will cause the pin 16 to actuate the looking lever II and thus release the control lever for movement to its lower position by its spring 93.

I realize that many changes may be made in the specific form of the invention as shown herein, which form I have used by way of illustration, and not by way of limitation. I, therefore, desire to claim the invention broadly, reserving to myself the right to make all changes which may fairly fall within the scope of the spirit of the invention, except as I may limit myself in the annexed claims.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. In a, register, a main shaft, a ticket and record printing mechanism including a character which may be shifted into or out of printing position, control means whereby two tickets will be printed while only one impression is made on the record, the first ticket and the record including the impression from the said character, and means whereby the character is then shifted so that the second ticket will not receive the impression from the character.

2. In a register, a printing mechanism, means whereby the said mechanism may be caused to print either one or two tickets while making only one impression on a record, a character forming a part of the said mechanism and adapted, when two tickets are being issued, to print on the first ticket and the record, and means to shift said character prior to printing the second ticket into inoperative position.

3. In a register having mechanism for printing on a ticket strip, mechanism for advancing said strip to issue a printed ticket, and an operating device, means actuated by said operating device to cause said printing mechanism to make two printing operations on each complete operation of said operating device, means actuated by said operating device to operate the mechanism for advancing said ticket strip, and a controlling device to cause the last mentioned means to advance said ticket strip after each printing operation or to advance the same after one only of said printing operations.

4. In a register having mechanism for printing on a ticket strip, mechanism for advancing said ticket strip to issue a printed ticket, mechanism for printing on a record strip, and an operating device, means actuated by said operating device to cause said printing mechanism to make two printing operations upon each complete operation of said operating device, means actuated by said operating device to operate the mechanism for advancing said ticket strip, a controlling device to cause the last mentioned means to advance said ticket strip after each printing operation or to advance the same after one of said printing operations only, and means controlled by said operating device to operate said record printing mechanism once upon each complete operation of said printing device.

5. In a register, a group of type wheels, printing mechanism having means for taking an impression from said type wheels on a ticket strip and having other means for taking an impression from said type wheels on a record strip, an operating device, means for imparting two operative movements to said printing mechanism and causing two impressions to be taken on said ticket strip upon each complete operation of said operating device, means actuated by said operating device for advancing said ticket strip, a device for controlling said advancing means to cause said ticket strip to be advanced after each printing operation and thus space said impressions one from the other or to cause said ticket strip to be advanced after the second printing operation only and thus superpose said impressions one on the other, and means for rendering the means for taking said impression on said record strip inoperative during the second movement of said printing mechanism.

6. In a register having mechanism for printing on a ticket strip, mechanism for feeding said ticket strip to and beyond said printing mechanism, and a device to operate said printing mechanism, normally inoperative means for connecting said operating device with said strip feeding mechanism, and means controlled by said operating device to render said connecting means operative after a predetermined movement of said operating device.

'7. In a register having ticket printing mechanism, ticket issuing mechanism, and a device to operate said printing mechanism, normally inoperative means for connecting said operating device with said ticket issuing mechanism,

a manually operable device to render said connecting means operative, and means controlled by said operating device to lock said manually operable device against movement and to then render said connecting means operative after a predetermined movement of said operating device.

8. In a register having ticket printing mechanism, ticket issuing mechanism, and an operating device, means actuated by said operating device to impart two printing movements to said printing mechanism upon each complete operation of said operating device, a normally inoperative connection between said operating device and said ticket issuing mechanism, means controlled by said operating device to render said connection operative after the second printing movement of said printing mechanism, and manually operable means for rendering said connection operative independently of said operating device.

9. In a register having ticket printing mechanism, ticket issuing mechanism, and an operating device, means actuated by said operating device to impart two printing movements to said printing mechanism upon each complete operation of said operating device, a normally inoperative connection between said operating device and said ticket issuing mechanism, a manually operable device to render said connection operative, means controlled by the initial movement of said operating device to lock said manually operable device against movement, and means controlled by said operating device to render said connection operative to issue a ticket after the second printing movement of said printing mechanism.

10. In a register having ticket printing and issuing mechanism, and a device for operating said mechanism, controlling means including a movable member to cause said mechanism to print and issue one ticket when said movable member is in one position and to print and issue two tickets when said movable member is in another position, and means controlled by said operating device to move said movable member from its two ticket position to its one ticket position.

11. In a register having ticket printing and issuing mechanism, and a device for operating said mechanism, controlling means including a movable member to cause said mechanism to print and issue one ticket when said movable member is in one position and to print and issue two tickets when said movable member is in another position, and means for moving said movable member from its two ticket position to its one ticket position after the first ticket has been printed and prior to the issuance of the second ticket.

12. In a register, ticket printing mechanism, an operating device for said mechanism, ticket issuing mechanism, means for operatively connecting said operating device with said ticket issuing mechanism, a controlling member, means controlled by said controlling member to render said connecting means inoperative when said member is in its normal position and to render said connecting means operative when said member is moved from its normal position, and means con trolled by said operating device to return said controlling member to its normal position prior to the completion of the ticket issuing operation while maintaining said connecting means operative.

13. In a register having ticket printing mechanism, ticket issuing mechanism, and means for operating said mechanisms, a controlling member, means controlled by said member for rendering said issuing mechanism operative or inoperative, said register being adapted to receive a slip to be certified, a movable device to control the insertion of a slip in said register, and means controlled by said movable device to prevent said ticket issuing mechanism being rendered operative by said controlling member while said movable device is in a position to permit the insertion of said slip.

14. In a register having ticket printing and issuing mechanism, and an operating device therefor, said register being adapted to receive a slip to be certified, a movable device to control the insertion of said slip in said register, means for controlling the operation of said mechanism to cause either a single ticket or two tickets to be printed and issued upon each operation of said operating device, a controlling member for actuating said means, and means controlled by said movable device to lock said controlling member against movement while said movable device is in a position o permit a slip to be inserted in said register.

15. In a register having ticket printing and issuing mechanism, and an operating device therefor, said re ister being adapted to receive a slip to be certified, a movable device to control the insertion of said slip in said register, means for controlling the operation of said mechanism to cause either a single ticket or two tickets to be printed and issued upon each operation of said operating device, a controlling member for actuating said means, and means controlled by said movable device to move said controlling member ire-m its two ticket position to its one ticket posiiion when said movable device is in a position :eimi; a slip to be inserted in said register.

. In a register, ticket printing mechanism, a device for operating said mechanism, ticket issuing mechanism, means for operatively connecting said operating device with said ticket issuing mechanism, said means including a part supported normally in an inoperative position, an actuating member to move said part to its operative position, a lever controlled by said operating device to impart operative movement to said actuating member, a manually operable controlling member connected with said actuating member, a locking member, said register being adapted to receive a slip to be certified, a movable device to control the insertion of a slip in said register, and means controlled by the movement of said movable device to a position to permit the insertion of said slip to move said actuating member into locking relation with said locking member and out of operative relation with said lever.

17. In a register, ticket printing mechanism, a device for operating said mechanism, ticket issuing mechanism, means for operatively connecting said operating device with said ticketissuingmechanism, said means including a part supported normally in an inoperative position, a cam actuated by said operating device, a lever actuated by said com to move said part to its operative position when said operating device has completed a predetermined portion of its movement, a manually operable lever to move said part to its operative position independently of said operating device, and a device controlled by said cam actuated lever to lock manually operable lever against movement after initial movement has been imparted to said cam actuated lever.

18. In a register adapted to receive a slip to be certified, a movable device to control the insertion of said slip in said register, said device being movable to a position to permit the insertion of said slip and then into engagement with the inserted slip, and means controlled by said movable device for supporting the inserted slip against the pressure of said movable device.

19. In a register adapted to receive a slip to be certified, a device to control the insertion 01" said slip in said register, said device being movable into and out of a position to prevent the insertion of said slip, and means controlled by an inserted slip to limit the movement of said device toward its insertion preventing position.

20. In a register adapted to receive a slip to be certified, a device to control the insertion of said slip in said register, said device being movable into and out of a position to prevent the insertion of said slip, and means controlled jointly by said device and the inserted slip to limit the movement of said device toward its insertion preventing position until the slip has been removed.

21. In a. register having a passageway for a slip to be certified, a shutter movable into and out of a position to close said passageway and tending normally to move to closing position, a member to support the inserted slip against the action of said shutter, and means to move said member to supporting position after the slip has been inserted in said passageway.

22. In a register having a passageway for a slip to be certified, a shutter movable into and out of a position to close said passageway and tending normally to move to closing position, a supporting member extending normally into said passageway, means controlled by said shutter for moving said supporting member out of said passageway, and means for moving said member into supporting engagement with a slip which has been inserted in said passageway.

23. In a register having a passageway for a slip to be certified, a shutter movable into and out of a position to close said passageway and tending normally to move to closing position, a supporting member mounted on that side of said passageway opposite said shutter, and biased normally toward said passageway, means for moving said shutter and said supporting member in opposite directions to permit a slip to be inserted in said passageway and then releasing the same for movement into engagement with the respec tive sides of the inserted slip.

24. In a register having a passageway for a slip to be certified, a shutter mounted above said passageway and movable to a position to close said passageway, a supporting member mounted beneath said passageway, a spring tending to move said member into said passageway, and means for raising said shutter and lowering supporting member to permit the insertion of a slip in said passageway and then releasing the same for movement into engagement with the inserted slip.

25. In a register having a passageway for a slip to be certified, a shutter movable into and out of a position to limit the closing movement of said shutter, yieldable means to retract said locking member, and a part connected with said locking member and arranged to engage the inserted slip and hold said locking member against movement by said retracting means until the slip has been removed.

27. In a register adapted to receive a slip to be certified, a device movable into and out of a position to prevent the insertion of said slip in said register, printing mechanism including an identifying character, and means controlled by the movement of said movable device to move said character into and out of printing position.

28. In a register adapted to receive a slip to be certified, a device movable into and out of a position to prevent the insertion of said slip in said register, printing mechanism including an identifying character, means for actuating said movable device, a shaft connected with said actuating means for rotation thereby, and means controlled by said shaft for moving said character into and out of printing position.

29. In a register adapted to receive a slip to be certified, printing mechanism having means for printing a ticket and means for printing a record, said record printing means including an identifying character which is movable into and out of printing position, a device movable into and out of a position to prevent the insertion of said slip in said register, and means controlled by the movement of said movable device to move said character into printing position and to render said ticket printing means inoperative when said device is moved to a position to permit the insertion of said slip.

30. In a register adapted to receive a slip to be certified and having means for printing and issuing a ticket, and an operating device, a controlling member to cause said means to print and issue either one ticket or two tickets upon each operation of said operating device, a device movable into and out of a position to prevent the insertion of said slip in said register, and means controlled by said movable device to move said controlling member from its two ticket position to a one ticket position and to render said ticket printing means inoperative when said movable device is moved to a position to permit the insertion of said slip.

31. In a register adapted to receive a slip to be certified and having means for printing and issuing a ticket, and an operating device, a controlling member to cause said means to print and issue either one ticket or two tickets upon each operation of said operating device, said record printing means including an identifying character which is movable into and out of printing position, a device movable into and out of a position to prevent the insertion of said slip in said register, and means controlled by said movable device to move said controlling member from its two ticket position to its one ticket position, to render said ticket printing means inoperative and to move said identifying character to printing position when said movable device is moved to a position to permit the insertion of said slip.

32. In a register, ticket printing mechanism, means for operating said mechanism, ticket issuing mechanism, means for operating said ticket issuing mechanism including a pinion movable into and out of an operative position, a pivoted support for said pinion, an actuating member to impart pivotal movement to said pinion supporting member, means controlled by the operating means for said printing mechanism to impart operative movement to said actuating member, and a manually operable device to impart operative movement to said actuating member independently of said operating means.

33. In a register comprising type wheels, printing mechanism for taking impressions from said type wheels on a ticket strip, feeding means for advancing said strip, a normally inoperative operating device, and means for imparting a limited movement to said operating device, means controlled by said operating device to successively actuate said printing mechanism and said feeding means, said actuating means being timed to cause the printing mechanism to make superposed impressions on said strip before any movement is imparted to said feeding means.

34. In a register comprising typewheels, printing mechanism for taking impressions from said type Wheels on a ticket strip, feeding means for advancing said strip, and a normally inoperative operating device adapted to make a predetermined movement upon each operation of said register, means actuated by said operating device to impart two printing movements to said printing mechanism upon each complete operation of said operating device, normally inoperative means to connect said operating means with said strip feeding means, and means controlled by said operating device to render said connecting means operative after the second printing movement of said printing mechanism.

35. In a register, a mechanism for printing identical data on a ticket strip and on a record strip, means for feeding said ticket strip to and from printing position, an operating device, means actuated by said operating device upon each complete operation thereof to cause said ticket printing mechanism to make two printing operations and to cause said record printing mechanism to make a single printing operation, means actuated by said operating device for operating said feeding mechanism, and means for controlling the operation of said feeding mechanism by said operating device to cause either one ticket or two tickets to be issued on each complete operation of said operating device.

36. In a register, printing mechanism having separate platens to print respectively on a ticket strip and on a record strip, an operating device, means actuated by said operating device upon each complete operation thereof to impart two operative movements to said ticket platen and a single operative movement to said record platen, a ticket issuing mechanism, means actuated by said operating device for operating said ticket issuing mechanism, and means for controlling the operation of said ticket issuing mechanism by said operating device to cause either one ticket or two tickets to be issued upon each complete operation of said operating device.

GROVER C. COIL. 

